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Dr. Krow Ampofo received his medical degree from the University of Ghana Medical School, completed his Pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and his Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

He is currently a Professor of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah and Primary Children´s Medical Center.

Dr. Ampofo´s clinical interests include the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of emerging infectious diseases including influenza, respiratory infections. He is also keenly interested in the evaluation of internationally adopted children, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in children.

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Dr. Ampofo received his MB, ChB at the University of Ghana Medical School. He trained in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and completed a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

He joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 2003 and is now a Professor of Pediatrics.

Dr. Ampofo is a Member of the Society for Pediatric Research, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Ampofo has published more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles, textbook chapters, reviews and scientific abstracts.

His research interests include the epidemiology of influenza and other emerging respiratory infections, tuberculosis, and HIV/ AIDS in children. He has mentored residents, graduate students, and fellows who have gone on to academic careers. He is or has been the principal investigator or co-investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.